Caner Feyzi Demir, Yahya Akalın, Said Berilgen

Departmant Of Neurology Firat (euphrates) University

Keywords: occipital neuralgia, zoster sine herpete

Abstract

Paroxysmal shooting or stabbing pain in the dermatomes of the nervus occipitalis major or nervus occipitalis minor is defined as occipital neuralgia. Initial cause of the neuralgia appears to be from inflammation, damage or irritation of these nerves. In this article we present a patient with occipital neuralgia followed by thoracic herpes lesion.